Pāli Dictionary

vassakāra

vassastemkārasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • 왓사까라(아자따삿뚜 왕의 재상 바라문)

  • Vassakāra, a Brahmin who served as chief minister to King Ajātasattu of Magadha

  • AN 4.183

    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. atha kho vassakāro brāhmaṇo magadhamah'āmatto yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi.

Encyclopedia

  • Ajātasattu 왕의 바라문 출신 재상으로, 밧지족은 단결하는 한 정복될 수 없다는 붓다의 조언에 따라 수년간의 치밀한 이간책으로 리차비족 내부에 불화를 심어 그들의 몰락을 획책하였다.

  • A brahmin chief minister of King Ajātasattu who, following the Buddha’s counsel that the Vajjī could not be defeated while united, engineered their downfall by sowing discord among the Licchavī through years of calculated intrigue.

DN 16MN 108AN 4.35AN 4.183

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